Thiswasratheradifficultquestiontoanswer；andFrankwasnotveryquickinattemptingit。\'Iknowyouwillnotforgiveme，\'hesaidatlast；\'and，indeed，Idonotseehowyoucan。Idon\'tknowhowitcameabout；butthisiscertain，MissDunstable；Ihaveneverforamomentthoughtaboutyourfortune；thatis，thoughtaboutitinthewayofcovetingit。\'
\'Youneverthoughtofmakingmeyourwife，then？\'
\'Never，\'saidFrank，lookingboldlyintoherface。
\'Youneverintendedreallytoproposetogowithmetothealtar，andthenmakeyourselfrichbyonegreatperjury？\'
\'Neverforamoment，\'saidhe。